Day-ahead and next-month gas advanced, according to broker
data compiled by Bloomberg. The delivery system will contain 345
million cubic meters of gas at 6 a.m. tomorrow, up from 341
million 24 hours earlier, National Grid Plc (NG/) data show.

Within-day gas traded at 62.5 pence a therm at 8:49 a.m.
London time. February gas rose 0.3 percent to 66.45 pence a
therm. That’s equivalent to $10.67 per million British therms,
units and compares with $3.21 per million Btu of front-month
U.S. gas.

Demand in the 24 hours to 6 a.m. tomorrow will probably be
239 million cubic meters, the lowest for the time of year since
at least 2004, National Grid data show.

Imports from Norway, the U.K.’s largest source of imported
gas, were at a rate of 99 million cubic meters a day, compared
with as much as 125 million yesterday.